There is a big difference between China and Japan. If the Japanese see anything being done by a fellow human being, they immediately know they can do better with less resources. So they go all out with that in mind, with that guiding philosophy. It has worked for them so far. What the Japanese have are huge investments in technology, heavy machineries, production techniques and intellectual property. On a per capita basis, their investment in manufacturing and intellectual property may be at least double of the European average. They are number one in the world when talking of investments in infrastructure and manufacturing on a per capita basis.

They have to import power in form of petroleum, even coal to fire power plants which China and the US have in abundance, Japan have to import from Australia, yet they are number one. They import raw materials but export automobiles, heavy machineries, electronics and computers, they produce more than enough food and export.

Inspite of the odds against Japan, Japan is number one in the world on a per capita basis. Only difference between Norway and Japan is that, Norway's excess liquidity is controlled by the government while Japan's is controlled by Japanese corporations that have invested heavily in US bonds. They are the number one holders of US bonds.


China is a country that is befuddled by the unfounded fear that they must tread cautiously because their population is too high and if they are not careful their people will suffer. India also have this belief. In actual fact both India and China are by far more resource richer than Japan. These countries produce more than enough food, exporting the excess, India produces over a million barrels of crude oil a day and have coal mines augmenting their crude oil needs from Iran, Nigeria and etc while China produces at least 5 million barrels of crude oil a day while generating electricity using locally mined coal, so in reality, they had a headstart, a big one, over Japan but MIND OVER MATTER. ARTICULATION BEFORE SUBSTANTIATION, CONFIDENCE OVER BRUTE STRENGTH and etc are the reasons Japan is the winner in Asia today.


If China had seen their population as an asset instead of as a liabilty as far back as the 1970s, their budget today will be at least 3 times that of the US and there would have been an energy revolution years ago on the globe as well as a new world order.


If China changes today to become properly organised by taking income tax like North America and Europe, what will result is Singapore on a mega scale. A one party state with no opposition politics that is regarded as the leader of the free world.

One thing to learn from China, Singapore and most ancient societies is that there is no need for opposition politics.

An assembly without an opposition party, without brawls or rancour is an OGBONI assembly. The Singapore national assembly for example is an Ogboni assembly. The Chinese national assembly is an Ogboni assembly but they are not perfect yet as names of their politicians still emerged in the Panama papers.

In an Ogboni assembly, all members, constantly recite the prayer that all wrongdoers must not prosper, 'Eni ba se ika ko ma la' and that if any omo iya does wrong that one must not prosper. So every discourse is based on common sense and if you suggest something and an omoiya is able to point it out to you that the suggestion is unfair to someone, you will drop the suggestion immediately because it is not a children's club.

China is already ahead of all in real terms, they just need to consolidate by organising themselves properly to multiply prosperity. More prosperity does not necessarily mean more energy will be consumed or that more natural resources will be needed. Economic development arising from new innovations is what is needed to increase prosperity, not more natural resources. It may be possible to halve global crude oil consumption in 15 years for instance, while increasing prosperity three fold. That is the kind of prosperity we need and it is on that front that China should lead the way as the potential owner of the largest pool of income tax payers on the globe.


China should assume their proper position of leadership using the Japanese style or mentality of seeing opportunities instead of inhibitions and start to lead the way.